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321. The Demise of Buy & Hold By Ulli G. Niemann
     Summary: Based on consistent results I think Buy & Hold should be renamed Buy, Hold & Bye-Bye. So you need to decide not only what to buy, but you have to be darn sure you know when to sell it when future results of an investment don't match your expectations.Sure, there are investment rating services that provide a false sense of security to Buy & Holders. According to statistics on mutual fund sales, most investors buy just in time to grab a l…



322. Trading Psychology: Mistakes in a Trading Environment By Raul Lopez
     Summary: When it comes to trading, one of the most neglected subjects are those dealing with trading psychology. Don't get us wrong, it is very important to have a system that perfectly suits the trader, but it is as important as having a money management plan, or to understand all psychology barriers that may affect the trader decisions and other issues.Most Forex trading courses and Forex training programs forget about these important aspects …



323. Effective Advice For A New Generation of Investors By Scott Pearson
     Summary: Furthermore, if you thought that $10 was a reasonable price, you might have saved time by buying it on the way back up instead of on the way down.Let's face it: buying a stock that is in mid-fall is not a pleasant experience, and it isn't difficult to come up with a variety of other strategies that will bring better results.Still, we shouldn't avoid all stocks that have dropped. Unless you're willing to buy any piece of junk that happe…



324. A Secret Revealed: Why Most (Day) Traders Fail By Floyd Snyder
     Summary: The following perspective on (day) trading comes from my many years of experience of active day trading or being the moderator of one of the largest day trading chat rooms on the Internet.One of the biggest problems I see with new traders (and even some old ones) has nothing to do with the software or the broker they are using. You have to know who to follow and who not to follow.When I was trading I made a lot of good trades knowing wh…



325. Short Term Savings Products By Tim Gorman
     Summary: When you invest, it simply means that you are putting your funds in products, in this case short-term savings vehicles, which will allow you to reap high financial rewards.Here is a list of the more common short term savings products you should consider investing in.Savings account: If you are getting your feet wet for the first time in investing, you should consider this, as it is the most popular banking product people use. Article: …



326. China's Inscrutable Currency Strategy By Carl Delfeld
     Summary: It may turn out that many of your best China investment options don't involve investing in mainland Chinese companies at all.Direct Currency Approach The cleanest direct currency play on the expected rise in the yuan (also referred to as the renminbi) is to open a renminbi currency account at Everbank. A leading online bank ranked 'Best of the Web' by Forbes, Everbank offers a variety of world currency accounts as well as FDIC backed thr…



327. Staying Safe In A High Risk Market By Thomas Mullooly
     Summary: That is, I will check out the trend chart and its patterns, the strength of the sector, check out the relative strength of the stock against the market and the peer group.At that point I will step back and decide if this is something I would want to buy today. As I mentioned before, the results may surprise you!One strategy you won't see from us when we're in a high risk market is doing nothing, and just "sitting out this dance.' You'…



328. Online Trading Options Strategies - Rolling By Bret Fogle
     Summary: Rolling is defined in options online trading as moving a position from one strike to another either vertically in the same month, horizontally to another month or some combination thereof.Other times, you may have to buy your short call back so that you will not lose your stock. Without getting into the trading of spreads, which is a unique strategy in itself and a topic for future Options University courses, we will talk a little about…



329. Investment Real Estate Advice & Tips By Mark Goldberg
     Summary: It's funny how often you hear people ask for advice or tips in the investment real estate industry. Giving investment real estate advice and tips just comes naturally to me and is in my veins.The best advice or tip I can give with pre-construction real estate investing is that if you follow the rules below you'll be that much closer to becoming a real estate investor. It doesn't lose it's value in a few years, in fact, in some locations…



330. Angels, Are They Real? By William Cate
     Summary: At this point, the angel usually hands in his or her wings.To be an angel, you must have considerable discretionary income. As the company starts to fail, the proximity card encourages the angel to try to take over the business investment. However, my experience suggests that an angel will invest in about one company out of every three hundred that send the angel their business plan. I've often wondered if barring professionals as angels…



331. Invest To Make Money, Not To Get Rich By Steve Buckley
     Summary: The technology boom of the '90s romanticized the 'rags-to-riches' ideal that all of us dream about when investing. The sudden collapse of mega-companies like Webvan, the online grocer that wasted over $750 million, became highly responsible for the economic problems that we faced earlier this century.Moral of this story: Invest to make money, not to get rich.One lessoned learned during the '90s was the importance of due diligence; Do…



332. Options Education: Financing the Calendar! By Harald Anderson
     Summary: If Gold is trading at $800 an ounce come December 2004 and you have not offset this option you are obligated to make delivery of Gold to the Option purchaser at the originally agreed upon price of $500 an ounce. However, if this same trader now SOLD (1) GOLD December $500 Gold Call Option (NOTE THAT THE DECEMBER OPTION WILL EXPIRE BEFORE the March Option) and collected a premium payment of $300 they have in effect reduced their initia…



333. A Critical Review of Metastock 8.0: Is Upgrading Worth the Money By David Jenyns
     Summary: It`s something all serious traders do.Consequently, when Equis International (the makers of Metastock 8.0) announced "an all-new type of exploration that emulates running system tests over an entire database of securities", I could hardly wait to get the Metastock 8.0 release.While waiting to receiving my copy of Metastock 8.0 I began building trading systems. This is what appeared to be only real difference between Metastock 7.22 and M…



334. Investing and Understanding What You Buy By Ioannis - Evangelos Haramis
     Summary: It is a basic part of fundamental analysis!How deeply you must research in order to understand a company before you invest in it is a rather personal decision!Some investors feel fine with just a general understanding, while others want to know everything there is to know about the company. Article: "There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action!" Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)I don't really know how cars visibly wo…



335. Sitcom Investing By Kemberly Wardlaw
     Summary: At last, the viewer determines the funny moment.It then occurred to me, the writers of this new show adopted an aspect used by investment news programs.I will be the first to admit, in addition to the miscellaneous printed and electronic financial information, the television provides an abundance of supplemental financial news. Try including real estate, collectibles and insurance products in your general financial plan.We can all watc…



336. How to Buy to Let By Jennifer Tweed
     Summary: Finding the correct buy to let mortgage is crucial to your success when you are buying and selling investment property.To Buy or Not to Buy an investment property for sale?' As soon as you find a property you would like to buy, run a To Let advert in the local press. Find out more about buy to let mortgages, landlord inventories, tenancy agreements, landlord insurance, landlord tax, furnishing your buy to let and credit checking your te…



337. Investing and Asset Allocation By Ioannis - Evangelos Haramis
     Summary: It takes advantage of the fact that when it comes to risk and reward, financial categories like stocks, bonds and money-market (cash equivalent) accounts all behave quite differently!Stocks, for instance, offer the highest returns among those three "asset classes," but they also carry the highest risk of losses.Bonds aren't so lucrative, but they offer a lot more stability than stocks.Money-market returns are puny, but you'll never lose …



338. Choosing A Financial Advisor By Dan Noyes
     Summary: With so many financial advisors trying to woo you with their qualifications and experience, how do find one you can trust your finances with? Advisors who work on commissions are obviously placing their own financial gains above your efficient financial management. But, in any case, it is important that a your advisor works in a team and has experts to fall back on.Finally, find out if the advisor has any complaints or disciplinary acti…



339. Discover the Foundation of Retiring Wealthy - The IRA! By Dr. Scott Brown, Ph.D.
     Summary: It may seem a little confusing because since the original enactment of IRA legislation, several types of IRAs have been developed with a variety of characteristics that can meet your investment and retirement needs.The most common forms of the IRA are as follows. The traditional IRA gives you a tax deduction on all of your contributions to the account during your working years and taxes what you take out of the account in your retiremen…



340. Investing As A Sport? By David Leonhardt
     Summary: Most people are happier when they forget they even have investments.Number Two: If you are one of those people with a terminal case of Itchy Trading Finger, then you probably would not be happy ignoring your investments. They view stock trading as a sport.In fact, stock trading is a sport. We call this "friendly fire".Contrast this to Itchy Trading Finger, who stands an equal chance of striking gold or of moving into a cardboard box on…



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